Just a few weeks before a trial was set to begin, child pornography charges against the former vice president of news at The New Hampshire Union Leader were dropped.

Just a few weeks before a trial was set to begin, child pornography charges against the former vice president of news at The New Hampshire Union Leader were dropped.

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Updated: 7:55 AM EST Nov 7, 2013

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WEBVTT WILL REVIEW THE OPINION AND DETERMINE THEIR NEXT STEP IN SEEKING JUSTICE. JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE A TRIAL WAS SET TO BEGIN, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES HAVE BEEN DROPPED AGAINST THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF NEWS AT THE UNION LEADER. PROSECUTORS SAID THEY HAD DISCOVERED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY LINKED TO EDWARD DOMAIN'S COMPUTER. DOMAIN MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE, BUT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY VOWS TO BRING NEW CHARGES IN THE FUTURE. AS JEAN MACKIN EXPLAINS, THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO A NEW AREA OF THE INTERNET. AND IT REALLY IS, SHELLEY. MR. DOMAIN'S ATTORNEY SAYS CHARGES WERE ORIGINALLY PRESSED AFTER IMAGES WERE FOUND IN THE MICROSOFT SKY DRIVE LIKE THE CLOUD, A STORAGE AREA THAT'S NOT ON A HARD DRIVE. AND THE DEFENSE MAINTAINS MULTIPLE PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO IT. MR. DOMAIN HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUITE ASSERTIVE ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE'S COMMITTED NO CRIME, HE'S DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND HE WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TRIAL AS A SOURCE OF VINDICATION FOR HIM. BUT THERE WILL BE NO TRIAL, FOR NOW. CHARGES DROPPED IN THE CASE THAT QUESTIONS WHO HAS ACCESS TO INTERNET STORM AREAS, LIKE THE MICROSOFT SKY DRIVE. FILES KEPT IN CYBERSPACE, NOT ON A HARD DRIVE. IN THIS CASE THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS INVESTIGATORS CHARGED 64-YEAR-OLD ED DOMAIN OF WAKEFIELD WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, HE'S SEEN HERE IN A MUG SHOT AFTER HIS ARREST. INVESTIGATORS SAID THEY FOUND EIGHT IMAGES ON DOMAIN'S SKY DRIVE ACCOUNT. THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT THAN TRADITIONAL POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASES ON COMPUTERS, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THESE INTERNET CLOUDS WORK, IF YOU WILL, WHO CAN ACCESS THEM, HOW CAN THEY BE ACCESSED. WHILE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY VOWS MORE CHARGES IN THE FUTURE, THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE SO-CALLED SKY DRIVE CASES. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF IMAGES THAT WERE FOUND ON WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY A FAIRLY PUBLIC FILE CABINET IN THE SKY. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY GIVING NO TIME LINE ON WHEN NEW CHARGES COULD BE FILED, WHITE THE DEFENSE SAYS IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO PROVE HOW IMAGES GOT INTO AN INTERNET STORAGE ACCOUNT OR WHO PUT THEM THERE, ESPECIALLY IF MULTIPLE PEOPLE

Child porn charges dropped against former Union Leader vice president

Just a few weeks before a trial was set to begin, child pornography charges against the former vice president of news at The New Hampshire Union Leader were dropped.